On This Day in History

(AURN News) — On Aug. 7, 1930, one of the most infamous lynchings in American history took place in Marion, Indiana. A…

(AURN News) — Aug. 4 marks former President Barack Obama’s 65th birthday. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1961, Obama rose from community…

(AURN News) — On Aug. 3, 1936, Jesse Owens won the gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the Berlin Olympic Games.…

(AURN News) — Tomorrow, Aug. 1, marks the date the Slavery Abolition Act took effect across most of the British Empire in…

(AURN News) — On July 28, 1917, thousands of Black Americans marched silently through Harlem to protest racial terror, lynching and the…

(AURN News) — On July 24, 1807, acclaimed Black Shakespearean actor Ira Frederick Aldridge was born. Although accounts differ on whether his…

(AURN News) — On July 22, 1946, Danny Glover was born in San Francisco. Today, we celebrate an actor, producer and activist…

(AURN News) — Twenty years ago today, Twitter launched to the public. Co-founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan…

(AURN News) — On July 14, 1988, Michael Jackson began a record-breaking run at Wembley Stadium in London, kicking off the first…

(AURN News) — On July 13, 2015, Sandra Bland died in a Waller County, Texas, jail cell, three days after a traffic…

(AURN News) — On July 10, 1927, David Dinkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Elected in 1989, he became New York…

(AURN News) — On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment was officially ratified, adding new protections to the U.S. Constitution. The…